There have been a number of performances that will travel with me for quite some time during Hollywood Fringe 2017… a remarkably strong year for actors. And now I have a new name to add to that list: Marcus J. Freed in Solomon: "King, Poet
It is surprising how a vocal style dating back before the 1500s can still strike one as so immediate. Such is the case with the Jaques Brel musical revue on now at the Odyssey Theatre.
"The Spidey Project" has been one of the most popular shows at Fringe 2017 and it’s easy to understand why after seeing the first class staging it received at Studio/Stage on Western Avenue. Understandably we’re not seeing the budget of a "Spiderman Hold Back the
Let us talk the lowest of high concept. Take the most obnoxious representatives of our society’s ills: A woman (Rebecca Larsen) obsessed with the entitlement her beauty bestows on her, A man (Albert Dayan) defending the privileged birthright of those fortunate enough to be born white males, A painfully
In "The Sacred Beasts" for Hollywood Fringe 2017, writer/director Chris Wollman has mined a particularly rich vein of historical gold in the “Odd Coupling” of the most iconic of icons: Ernest Hemmingway and Orson Welles, a pair of larger than life figures who bore the
I must admit an admiration for Tricia Aurand’s undertaking in "Nicaea." Not only does she present an historical tale, but one of a most singular topic; the First Council of Nicaea called by Constantine I in 325 AD.
There are more individuals whose talents deserve some Note of Distinction this year, and we, at TheTVolution wish the privilege of acknowledging them
All playwrights of any merit explore those vast and stretching abysses that form human relationships. In his earlier work, “The Size of Pike” and now in “Triptych,” writer Lee Wochner shows he prefers to delve into the most convoluted canyons to journey in reverse of
In “The King’s Language,” writer/director Chris Yejin, has presented the Fringe with an entertaining and intelligent little history lesson of King Sejong (1397 – 1450), who ruled Korea for 42 years. And like the 2005 Korean film "King and the Clown" and like "King
It is always a pity when a show falls through the cracks, and with 375 Fringe 2017 shows that is not an altogether uncommon occurrence. The Tempest Theatre production of "Sparrow" was unfortunately such a show.
